graveyard shift
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graveyard shift
noun
1.
a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
2.
those who work this shift.
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| graveyard shift | |
| —n | |
| (US) the working shift between midnight and morning | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Jerry won't be working a graveyard shift, there's no one left to harangue, and the mood will be valedictory.
People worked the swing shift and then partied through the graveyard shift until dawn.
He had entered a drug-treatment program and landed a job working the graveyard shift at a condiment factory in the suburbs.
The graveyard shift has always been a lonely one to work, but new data suggest that it may be an unhealthy one as well.
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